The Captain from Köpenick
1956·Germany - West Germany (FRG)·93 min.
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A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin...
DirectorHelmut Käutner
MusicBernhard Eichhorn
CinematographyAlbert Benitz
CastHeinz Rühmann·Martin Held·Hannelore Schroth·Willy A. Kleinau·Leonard Steckel·Friedrich Domin·Erich Schellow·Walter Giller·Wolfgang Neuss·Bum Krüger·Joseph Offenbach
Original titleDer Hauptmann von Köpenick